# Websocket for app.plex.tv

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/websocket-for-app-plex-tv/191129>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [May 6, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/websocket-for-app-plex-tv/191129 "2017-05-06T02:53:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![GL101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GL101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GL101)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/websocket-for-app-plex-tv/191129/1 "2017-05-06T02:53:04Z")

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Is there a way to get a websocket connection to this web app for hosting externally.

Using the WAN IP doesn’t always work for websocket, but if I goto [app.plex.tv](http://app.plex.tv) I can always see the content

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**Author:** ![GL101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GL101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GL101)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/websocket-for-app-plex-tv/191129/2 "2017-05-06T04:31:04Z")

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Hmm, it could be that I was mistaken and I was referring to the wrong IP. Set up dyndns to hopefully prevent this.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/websocket-for-app-plex-tv/191129/3 "2020-01-08T20:03:37Z")

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